1.

Open Microsoft Office Word 2003. (If you already have Word open, create a blank document.)

2.

Choose any font type, size, and effect you like.

Press Ctrl and E to center the first line.

Type Spring Flowers.

Press Enter twice.

3.

Click the Insert menu, choose Picture, and choose Picture From File.

4.

Browse to your Sample Files folder

Choose Water lilies.jpg.

Click Insert.

4.

Right-click on the Water Lilies picture in your document.

Click Format Picture.

5.

In the Format Picture dialog, click the Picture tab.

Choose Washout for the colour style.

Click OK.

6.

Click the Transparency Painter () on the picture toolbar.

Click inside a flower to make all the flowers more transparent. (You can experiment with clicking in different parts of flowers to get the effect you want.)

7.

Click the Crop icon () on the picture toolbar.

Drag the top of the picture down and the bottom of the picture up so that the picture is focused on the flowers.

8.

Right-click on the picture and click Caption.

9.

Click Exclude label from caption to check it.

For the caption title, type Water Lilies in the Springtime.

Click OK.

Adjust the font of your caption if you wish.

10.

Save your document as Spring Foliage and close Microsoft Office Word 2003.